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EXECUTIVE BOARD<br />
Mark Walport<br />
Director of the <strong>Wellcome</strong> <strong>Trust</strong><br />
Ted Bianco<br />
Director of Technology Transfer<br />
John Cooper<br />
Director of Resources<br />
David Lynn<br />
Head of Strategic Planning and Policy<br />
Clare Matterson<br />
Director of Medicine,<br />
Society and History<br />
David Phillipps<br />
Director of Finance<br />
Alan Schafer<br />
Head of Molecular and<br />
Physiological Sciences<br />
John Stewart<br />
Head of Legal and Company Secretary<br />
Danny Truell<br />
Chief Investment Officer<br />
As at January 2009<br />
MAKING A DIFFERENCE<br />
The <strong>Wellcome</strong> <strong>Trust</strong>’s mission is to<br />
foster and promote research with the<br />
aim of improving human and animal<br />
health. During 2005–2010, our aims are:<br />
Advancing knowledge: To support<br />
research to increase understanding of<br />
health and disease, and its societal<br />
context<br />
Using knowledge: To support the<br />
development and use of knowledge to<br />
create health benefit<br />
Engaging society: To engage with<br />
society to foster an informed climate<br />
within which biomedical research can<br />
flourish<br />
Developing people: To foster a<br />
research community and individual<br />
researchers who can contribute to the<br />
advancement and use of knowledge<br />
Facilitating research: To promote the<br />
best conditions for research and the use<br />
of knowledge<br />
Developing our organisation: To use<br />
our resources efficiently and effectively.<br />
Strategic Plan updates, summarising<br />
progress in achieving specific objectives<br />
during 2007/08, can be found at<br />
www.wellcome.ac.uk/strategicplan.